perguntar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar, from Vulgar Latin *praecūnctāre, alteration of Latin percontārī.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁ.ɡũˈta(ʁ)/ [peɦ.ɡũˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾ.ɡũˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁ.ɡũˈta(ʁ)/ [peʁ.ɡũˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peɻ.ɡũˈta(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾ.ɡũˈtaɾ/ [pɨɾ.ɣũˈtaɾ]

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /pɛɦ.ɡũˈta(h)/
  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /piɹ.ɡũˈta(ɹ)/

(nonstandard)

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨ.ɡũˈtaɾ/ [pɾɨ.ɣũˈtaɾ]

  • Hyphenation: per‧gun‧tar

Verb

perguntar (first-person singular present pergunto, first-person singular preterite perguntei, past participle perguntado)

  1. (transitive) to ask (request an answer)
    Pergunta a alguém.Ask anybody.
    Alguém perguntou por você.Someone asked for you.
    Synonyms: indagar, inquirir, interpelar, interrogar, questionar
    Antonyms: replicar, responder
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to wonder (query in the mind)
    "Que horas são", perguntou-se."What time is it?" he wondered.
    Synonym: ponderar
  3. (reflexive) to ask oneself (to ponder about something)
    Synonym: ponderar

Conjugation

  • pergunta
  • perguntação
  • perguntadeiro
  • perguntador
  • perguntante
  • perguntão
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